There are two main changes we've prepared for this season: ranking tiers and forum ranking UI. Let's take a closer look at what's been changed:

Raw ELO system we used during Season 1 has been replaced with Ranking Tiers. As you can see on the image above, there are 5 tiers:

Elo Hell

Bronze Tier

Silver Tier

Gold Tier

Platinum Tier

Ranking Tiers are displayed both in-game and on forum Ranking page. Top players who get to Gold or Platinum will also get their global ranking position displayed in addition to their tier.

In order to get a rank tier during Season 2, any player has to complete 10 qualification fights in ranked mode first. When the first 10 games are over you will get your primary rank tier - which can be Bronze, Silver or Gold depending on qualification fights' outcome. After that you can move up (or down) rank tiers by keeping playing in ranked mode. You will see chat notifications when approaching your next rank tier, and you will see an additional notification when you're about to play a qualification fight.

Forum Ranking UI update

Forum ranking view has undergone some major changes to work with the updated system. Finding other players' ranking stats has been made easier, you can now always see players ranked closest to you and more. See a more detailed breakdown below:

2. Player name.
Player's name - click on it to see ranking info on all mods played by the user.

3. Ranking Tier.
This displays player's current Ranking Tier. If a player is ranked Gold or Platinum, an additional line with their global ranking position will be shown,
as well as ranking trend if they've moved up/down rank recently.

4. Top ranked mods.
Quick ranking access to the three top played mods.

5. Rating dynamics.
Similar to rating dynamics in the old system, pressing this button displays a chart with your ranking info for recent ranked games.

I was matched with the same player twice, and played seven games with the results of [oxoo] and [ooo] in my favor. This player had finished his three remaining qualifying matches, and played four while ranked. From the global rating dynamics, there was only an increase from two of the six games I won. Could you explain why that is?

Second, did Diamond rank ever make it to this season?

Can you please respond to my question regarding elo? More often than not I will not gain any elo for beating someone, even if they are Platinum tier. What's the benefit of matchmaking in ranked if my rank doesn't go up? I was matched with a user who was ranked Platinum (around #150), won 6/6 matches, and my elo only went up for one win.

General update: we have enabled ELO penalty system, starting today any player who doesn't play ranked for 7 days would start losing points for each day of further inactivity. A month of inactivity would get your elo reset to silver tier no matter how many points you had.